Staff Backend EngineerBeacon • San Francisco, CA, United States

Staff Backend Engineer

Beacon • San Francisco, CA, United States

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About the Company :

They are a pioneering Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) platform that helps brands get discovered and perform well on the next generation of search : AI-powered, generative search engines (like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, plus emerging GenAI engines).

The company is based in San Francisco, was founded around 20242025, and has received seed funding (notably from Y Combinator as part of its Winter 2025 batch).

About the Role

Our Client is looking for a Staff Backend Engineer to design and build the core platform capabilities that power leading companies like Greptile, Julius, Render, SoFi, and others. This person will play a critical role in translating complex business problems into elegant technical solutionswhile driving measurable improvements across performance, automation, and user experience.

Mission

Build foundational backend and platform features that support enterprise-scale customers
Translate business needs into robust, scalable, and maintainable backend systems
Identify opportunities for intelligent automation and workflow optimization
Deliver backend architecture that anticipates user goals and enables new product capabilities

Key Outcomes

Improve system latency through architectural enhancements and performance tuning

Reduce user workload per week through automation, workflow efficiencies, and backend-driven intelligence

Consistently ship features that users didnt know they neededby deeply understanding their goals and uncovering more efficient paths to them

Core Competencies

Customer Empathy : Ability to understand user needs, motivations, and friction points, and build systems that meaningfully address them

Exceptional Problem-Solving : Strong analytical thinking, systems design, debugging, and optimization skills

High Agency : History of founding something, leading major initiatives, or building impactful side projects

Fast Learner : Thrives in ambiguous environments and can absorb new concepts, systems, and technologies quickly

Spiky Talent : Deep expertise in at least one areabackend systems, distributed systems, databases, infrastructure, etc.

Intelligence & Drive : Demonstrates ownership, craftsmanship, and a values-driven approach to engineering

Tech Stack

Frontend

Next.js App Router

React 19

Motion

Tailwind + Radix primitives

Backend

Node.js

Temporal

Kubernetes

Postgres

OLAP systems

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